身に余る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
身	余
み Grade: 3	あま Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
身に餘る (kyūjitai)

Verb

身(み)に余(あま)る • (mi ni amaru) godan (stem 身(み)に余(あま)り (mi ni amari), past 身(み)に余(あま)った (mi ni amatta))

1. be more than one deserves
2. be too much responsibility of too great a job than one can handle